Deaths in March 2014
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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2014.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
March 2014
1
- Khandokar Mahbub Uddin Ahmad, 88, Bangladeshi politician.[1]
- Ann Kiemel Anderson, 68, American religious speaker and author, cancer.[2]
- Jean Caplin, 84, English Olympic swimmer.[3]
- G. K. Chadha, 73, Indian economist, heart attack.[4]
- Nancy Charest, 54, Canadian politician, Quebec MNA for Matane (2003–2007), hypothermia.[5]
- J. W. Cole, 86, American football coach and player.[6]
- Prafulla Dahanukar, 80, Indian painter.[7]
- Dayuma, Huaorani convert to Christianity.[8]
- A. Richard Diebold Jr., 80, American linguistic anthropologist.[9]
- Philippe Ebly, 93, Belgian science fiction and fantasy writer.[10]
- Andy Gilpin, 93, Canadian Olympic champion ice hockey player (1948).[11]
- Zdeněk Hajný, 72, Czech artist.[12]
- Alan Heyman, 82, American-born South Korean traditional music scholar.[13]
- Eckart Höfling, 77, German Catholic priest and missionary.[14]
- Bangaru Laxman, 74, Indian politician, President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (2000–2001), cardiac arrest.[15]
- Les Layton, 92, American baseball player (New York Giants).[16]
- Donald Mahley, 71, American diplomat and army officer, representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, pancreatic cancer.[17]
- Dave O'Brien, 57, American collegiate athletic director (Long Beach State, Temple, Northeastern), cancer.[18]
- Dimitrios Pappos, 74, Greek Olympic skier.[19]
- Alain Resnais, 91, French film director (Night and Fog, Hiroshima mon amour).[20]
- Tommy Ed Roberts, 73, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1974–1978) and Senate (1994–2006).[21]
- Robert L. Spencer, 94, American fashion designer, heart attack.[22]
- Paul Tant, 68, Belgian politician, Mayor of Kruishoutem (1977–2009).[23]
- Barry B. Thompson, 77, American academic.[24]
- Gyula Tóth, 72, Hungarian footballer.[25]
- Werner Uebelmann, 92, Swiss entrepreneur and writer.[26]
- John Wilkinson, 73, British politician, MP for Bradford West (1970–1974) and Ruislip-Northwood (1979–2005).[27]
- Alejandro Zaffaroni, 91, Uruguayan-born American chemist and entrepreneur, dementia.[28]
2
- Ryhor Baradulin, 79, Belarusian poet.[29]
- Peter Bares, 78, German organist and composer.[30]
- Ted Bergmann, 93, American sports television and entertainment producer (NBC), complications following surgery.[31]
- Molly Bobak, 94, Canadian war artist, recipient of the Order of Canada (1995).[32]
- Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi, 85, Indian politician, State Minister (1993–1996), MP (1978–1996) and Rajasthan MLA for Kota (1972–1977).[33]
- Porky Chedwick, 96, American radio announcer.[34]
- Sal DeRosa, 82, Italian-born American soccer coach.[35]
- Gail Gilmore, 76, Canadian actress, lung cancer.[36]
- Stanley Grinstein, 86, American businessman, kidney disease.[37]
- Jacob Jervell, 88, Norwegian theologian, priest and author.[38]
- Justin Kaplan, 88, American biographer, Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography or Autobiography (1967), Parkinson's disease.[39]
- Benjamin Lambert, 77, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1978–1986) and Senate (1986–2008).[40]
- John Cyril Malloy, 83, American politician.[41]
- Rudolph Rummel, 81, American political scientist.[42]
- Stanley Rubin, 96, American film and television producer (Revenge, Bracken's World, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir).[43]
- Clément Sagna, 71, Senegalese Olympic athlete.[44]
- Norman Scarfe, 90, English historian.[45]
- Scott Vanstone, 66, Canadian cryptographer, cancer.[46]
3
- Ali Anwar, 79, Bangladeshi litterateur and translator.[47]
- Robert Ashley, 83, American composer, complications from cirrhosis.[48]
- Christine Buchegger, 71, Austrian actress, complications from surgery.[49]
- George L. Caldwell, 81, American politician.[50]
- Martin Gutzwiller, 88, Swiss-born American physicist.[51]
- Bridget Hyem, 80, Australian Olympic equestrian.[52]
- Stan Koziol, 48, American soccer player, leukemia.[53]
- Kurt Chew-Een Lee, 88, American military officer, first Asian-American officer in the Marine Corps, recipient of the Navy Cross, suspected heart attack.[54]
- Curtis McClarin, 44, American actor (The Happening, Law & Order), brain aneurysm.[55]
- Harold Mowery, 84, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1976–1990) and Senate (1993–2004), pneumonia.[56]
- Sherwin B. Nuland, 83, American National Book Award-winning author and surgeon, prostate cancer.[57]
- F. Edward Osborne, 89, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1989–1990) and Senate (1991–1992).[58]
- William Pogue, 84, American astronaut (Skylab) and Air Force pilot (Thunderbirds).[59]
- Juan A. Rivero, 90, American Puerto Rican biologist, founder of the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo, cancer.[60]
- Billy Robinson, 74, British wrestler and trainer.[61]
- Joab Thomas, 81, American university administrator, Chancellor of NC State (1975–1981), President of the University of Alabama (1981–1988) and Penn State (1990–1995).[62]
- Aino-Maija Tikkanen, 86, Finnish actress (The Harvest Month, Mother of Mine), recipient of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1983).[63]
- Xu Chongde, 85, Chinese political scientist and professor.[64]
- Shōji Yasui, 85, Japanese actor (The Burmese Harp).[65]
4
- Veronica Anstey, 79, English amateur golfer.[66]
- Geneva G. Belford, 81, American computer scientist.[67]
- Richard W. Burkhardt, 95, American academic, President of Ball State University (1978).[68]
- Gary Carson, 64, American poker player, academic and author, complications from vascular and renal disease.[69]
- Jack Christie, 89, New Zealand musician.[70]
- Renato Cioni, 84, Italian operatic tenor.[71]
- Barrie Cooke, 83, English-born Irish artist.[72]
- Hollie Donan, 85, American football player.[73]
- László Fekete, 59, Hungarian footballer.[74]
- Mark Freidkin, 60, Russian writer.[75]
- Lawrence Patrick Henry, 79, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cape Town (1990–2009).[76]
- Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman, 90, British politician and barrister, MP for Lancaster (1970–1997) and MEP (1975–1984).[77]
- Jack Kinzler, 94, American aeronautical engineer, NASA technical director that helped save Skylab.[78]
- Chuck Kress, 92, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).[79]
- John Wayne Mason, 90, American physiologist.[80]
- Maja Petrin, 41, Croatian television and stage actress, heart failure.[81]
- Boris Pustyntsev, 78, Russian human rights activist.[82]
- Joan Rankin, 86, Canadian artist.[83]
- Wu Tianming, 74, Chinese film director and producer, heart attack.[84]
5
- Nana Abdullahi, 54, Nigerian judge, first female High Court judge in Jigawa (since 2010).[85]
- bartcop, 60, American blogger.[86]
- Iain Donald Campbell, 72, Scottish biophysicist.[87]
- Deep, Punjabi-American rap artist.[88]
- Sir Robin Dunn, 96, British jurist, Lord Justice of Appeal (1980–1984).[89]
- Geoff Edwards, 83, American game show host (Starcade, Treasure Hunt) and actor (Petticoat Junction), pneumonia.[90]
- John Uzzell Edwards, 79, British painter.[91]
- Nigel Groom, 89, British author and perfume connoisseur.[92]
- Eli Hunt, 60, American Ojibwe politician, tribal chairman of Leech Lake Band (1996–2002).[93]
- Scott Kalvert, 49, American director (The Basketball Diaries), suicide.[94]
- Little Bridge, 8, New Zealand racehorse, colic.[95]
- Ernest Anthony Lowe, 85, British economist.[96]
- Alexander Macdonald, 95, Canadian politician, MP (1957–1958).[97]
- Ailsa McKay, 50, Scottish economist and government policy advisor, cancer.[98]
- Buck Melton, 90, American politician, author and lawyer, Mayor of Macon, Georgia (1975–1979).[99]
- Leopoldo María Panero, 65, Spanish poet.[100]
- Hank Rieger, 95, American television executive, President of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1973–1975, 1977–1980).[101]
- Ros Saboeut, 72, Cambodian musician activist and film subject, complications from a fall.[102]
- Dave Sampson, 73, English rock singer.[103]
- Dov Schperling, 76, Latvian-born Israeli Zionist activist.[104]
- Luis Villoro, 91, Spanish-born Mexican philosopher and writer.[105]
6
- Joe Abbey, 88, American football player (Chicago Bears).[106]
- Alemayehu Atomsa, 45, Ethiopian politician, President of Oromia Region (2010–2014), typhoid fever.[107]
- Jean-Louis Bertucelli, 71, French film director (Ramparts of Clay, Docteur Françoise Gailland).[108]
- Christian Casadesus, 101, French actor.[109]
- Viking Olver Eriksen, 91, Norwegian nuclear physicist.[110]
- Maurice Faure, 92, French politician and diplomat, Interior Minister, Justice Minister, MP and Senator for Lot, last living signatory of the Treaty of Rome.[111]
- Jack Finlay, 92, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).[112]
- Martin Gottfried, 80, American drama critic and biographer, complications from pneumonia.[113]
- Sérgio Guerra, 66, Brazilian economist and politician, member of the Federal Senate (2003–2011), lung cancer.[114]
- Sven Hansell, 79, American musicologist.[115]
- Tony Herbert, 93, Irish politician (14th & 16th Senator) and hurler (Limerick).[116]
- Antonio Hidalgo, 71, Spanish footballer (Celta Vigo).[117]
- Gregory L. Hillhouse, 59, American inorganic chemist.[118]
- Gurth Hoyer-Millar, 84, Scottish sportsman.[119]
- Clarence C. Jamison, 96, American fighter pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).[120]
- Frank Jobe, 88, American orthopedic surgeon, invented Tommy John surgery.[121]
- Jojon, 66, Indonesian comedian, complications from cardiovascular disease.[122]
- David Koff, 74, American documentary film maker and political activist, suicide.[123]
- Barbro Kollberg, 96, Swedish actress.[124]
- Joe Lane, 78, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1979–1989), Speaker (1987–1989), Parkinson's disease.[125]
- Sheila MacRae, 92, English-born American actress (The Honeymooners).[126]
- Gwen Matthewman, 86, English speed knitter.[127]
- Jagat Singh Mehta, 91, Indian diplomat and author, Foreign Secretary (1976–1979), High Commissioner to Tanzania (1970–1974).[128]
- Ron Murphy, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins).[129]
- Martin Nesbitt, 67, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2004–2014), stomach cancer.[130]
- Danny Pierce, 93, American artist.[131]
- Georgy Rogozin, 71, Russian army officer and academic.[132]
- Luis Rentería, 25, Panamanian footballer (Tauro), lupus.[133]
- Peter Ruber, 73, American author and editor.[134]
- Manlio Sgalambro, 89, Italian philosopher and writer.[135]
- Speaker Knockerz, 19, American rapper and record producer.[136]
- Margaret Spufford, 78, British historian.[137]
- Marion Stein, 87, British pianist.[138]
- David Talmage, 94, American immunologist.[139]
7
- Lollu Sabha Balaji, 43, Indian comic actor.[140]
- Heiko Bellmann, 63, German biologist, writer and photographer.[141]
- Sir Richard Best, 80, British diplomat, Ambassador to Iceland (1989–1991).[142]
- Bob Charles, 72, English footballer (Southampton).[143]
- Hal Douglas, 89, American voice actor and announcer, pancreatic cancer.[144]
- Peter Dunn, 87, British engineer.[145]
- Bernard G. Ehrlich, 85, American major general and attorney.[146]
- Musa Geshaev, 73, Chechen poet, literary critic, songwriter, and historian.[147]
- Sir Thomas Hinde, 88, British novelist.[148]
- Anatoly Kuznetsov, 83, Russian actor (White Sun of the Desert).[149]
- Peter Laker, 87, English cricketer (Sussex).[150]
- Barnet M. Levy, 97, American oral pathologist.[151]
- Arnulfo Mendoza, 59, Mexican artist and weaver, heart attack.[152]
- Tamás Nádas, 44, Hungarian aerobatics pilot and world champion air racer, plane crash.[153]
- Javier Naranjo Villegas, 95, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santa Marta (1971–1980).[154]
- Ned O'Gorman, 84, American poet, pancreatic cancer.[155]
- Victor Shem-Tov, 99, Bulgarian-born Israeli politician, Health Minister (1970–1977), Chairman of Mapam.[156]
- Uwe Timm, 82, German writer.[157]
- Patti Wicks, 69, American jazz singer and pianist, heart failure.[158]
8
- Runa Akiyama, 59, Japanese voice actress, heart failure.[159]
- Tom Barrett, 79, English footballer.[160]
- Leo Bretholz, 93, Austrian-born American Holocaust survivor, activist and writer (Leap into Darkness).[161]
- Bud Bulling, 61, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners).[162]
- Jerry Corbitt, 71, American guitarist, harmonica player, singer, songwriter, and record producer, lung cancer.[163]
- Rowan Cronjé, 76, Rhodesian politician.[164]
- James Ellis, 82, Northern Irish actor (Z-Cars), stroke.[165]
- Buren Fowler, 54, American rock and roll guitarist (Drivin' N Cryin', R.E.M.).[166]
- William Guarnere, 90, American World War II non-commissioned officer and author, key figure in Band of Brothers.[167]
- Omar Ould Hamaha, 50, Malian Islamist militia commander, air strike.[168]
- Roy Higgins, 75, Australian jockey (Light Fingers, Red Handed), Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee (1987).[169]
- Wendy Hughes, 61, Australian AFI Award-winning actress (Careful, He Might Hear You), cancer.[170]
- Helmut Koenigsberger, 95, German-born British historian.[171]
- Evgeni Krasilnikov, 48, Russian Olympic silver-medalist volleyball player (1988).[172]
- Gerard Mortier, 70, Belgian opera director and administrator, pancreatic cancer.[173]
- Park Eun Ji, 35, South Korean politician.[174]
- Alan Rodgers, 54, American author and poet, winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction (1987).[175]
- Larry Scott, 75, American bodybuilder, Mr. Olympia (1965, 1966), Alzheimer's disease.[176]
- David Smith, 88, American Olympic champion sailor (1960).[177]
- Randolph W. Thrower, 100, American politician and jurist, Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1969–1971).[178]
9
- Rafael Aburto, 100, Spanish architect.[179]
- Françoise Adnet, 89, French figurative painter.[180]
- Elving Anderson, 92, American geneticist.[181]
- Franklin S. Billings Jr., 91, American politician (member and Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives) and judge (US District Court, Vermont Supreme Court).[182]
- Greg Brough, 62, Australian Olympic swimmer (1968), cancer.[183]
- John Christie, 84, Scottish footballer (Southampton, Walsall).[184]
- Lionel Seymour Craig, 85, Barbadian politician, MP for Saint James (1966–1986), Cabinet Minister (1976–1986).[185]
- Mike Dietsch, 72, Canadian politician, cancer.[186]
- Mohammed Fahim, 56–57, Afghan politician and military commander, Vice President (since 2009), heart attack.[187]
- William Clay Ford Sr., 88, American businessman (Ford Motor Company, Detroit Lions), pneumonia.[188]
- Valentin Fortunov, 56, Bulgarian writer, publisher and journalist.[189]
- Melba Hernández, 92, Cuban revolutionary, politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Vietnam and Cambodia, complications from diabetes.[190]
- Steve Hill, 60, American pastor and evangelist, melanoma.[191]
- Monika Kinley, 88, British art dealer, collector and curator.[192]
- Richard Liboff, 82, American physicist and author.[193]
- Husein Mehmedov, 90, Bulgarian Olympic silver-medalist wrestler (1956).[194]
- Nazario Moreno González, 44, Mexican drug lord, shot.[195]
- Carlos Moreno, 75, Argentine actor and director, heart attack.[196]
- Marcel F. Neuts, 79, Belgian-born American mathematician and probability theorist.[197]
- Guillo Pérez, 90, Dominican painter.[198]
- Justus Pfaue, 71, German author and screenwriter.[199]
- Joseph Sax, 78, American legal scholar, pioneer of environmental law, stroke.[200]
- James Schaffer, 104, American Christian leader.[201]
10
- Alias Ali, 75, Malaysian politician and newspaper editor (Bernama), MP for Hulu Terengganu (1978–1995), Chairman of Agro Bank, colon cancer.[202]
- Tom Ament, 76, American politician, Milwaukee County Executive (1992–2002).[203]
- Roldan Aquino, 71, Filipino actor, complications from a stroke.[204]
- Juan Balboa Boneke, 75, Equatorial Guinean politician and writer, kidney failure.[205]
- Olha Bura, 27, Ukrainian activist, blood infection.[206]
- Eileen Colgan, 80, Irish actress (Far and Away, My Left Foot, Angela's Ashes).[207]
- Francesco De Nittis, 80, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat, Apostolic Nuncio to PNG (1981–1985), El Salvador (1985–1990) and Uruguay (1990–1999).[208]
- Richard De Vere, 46, British illusionist (Blackpool Pleasure Beach), pneumonia and heart attack.[209]
- Guy Gauthier, 93, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[210]
- Ludomir Goździkiewicz, 78, Polish politician, member of the Sejm (1989–1991).[211]
- Ian Haig, 78, Australian diplomat.[212]
- Richard Hayes, 84, American singer and game show host.[213]
- Don Ingalls, 95, American television writer and producer (Fantasy Island, T. J. Hooker, 12 O'Clock High).[214]
- Patricia Laffan, 94, British actress, multiple organ failure.[215]
- Georges Lamia, 80, French footballer.[216]
- Konrad Lienert, 81, Austrian Olympic pair skater.[217]
- Samuel W. Lewis, 83, American diplomat, Ambassador to Israel (1977–1985).[218]
- Cynthia Lynn, 77, Latvian-born American actress (Hogan's Heroes), multiple organ failure.[219]
- Allen Maxwell, 70, American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives (2004–2010), Mayor of Monticello, Arkansas, heart attack.[220]
- Joe McGinniss, 71, American author and political journalist, prostate cancer.[221]
- Nicolás Mentxaka, 75, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao).[222]
- Ambrose Peddle, 86, Canadian politician.[223]
- Matthew Power, 39, American journalist and magazine editor (Harper's Magazine), complications from heatstroke and exhaustion.[224]
- John Pring, 86, New Zealand rugby union referee.[225]
- Vince Radcliffe, 68, English footballer (Portsmouth).[226]
- Tom Shanahan, 89, American broadcaster and sportscaster.[227]
- Paul J. Sheehy, 79, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1965–1972) and Senate (1984–1991).[228]
- T. J. Turner, 35, American football player (New England Patriots), cancer.[229]
- John Baird Tyson, 85, British explorer and mountaineer.[230]
- William H. Vernon, 69, American politician, member of the Delaware House of Representatives (1977–1981), cancer.[231]
- Winston Wilkinson, 73, Northern Irish badminton player.[232]
- Rob Williams, 52, American basketball player (Denver Nuggets), heart failure.[233]
11
- Dean Bailey, 47, Australian football player (Essendon) and coach (Melbourne), lung cancer.[234]
- Brett Borgen, 79, Norwegian writer.[235]
- Joel Brinkley, 61, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner for International Reporting (1980), pneumonia.[236]
- Len Buckeridge, 77, Australian billionaire construction executive, founder of BGC, heart attack.[237]
- Christine Buckley, 67, Irish activist, breast cancer.[238]
- Marilyn Butler, 77, British literary critic and academic, Rector of Exeter College, Oxford (1993–2004).[239]
- Bob Crow, 52, British trade unionist, General Secretary of the RMT (since 2002), aneurysm and heart attack.[240]
- Vladislav David, 86, Czech lawyer and academic.[241]
- Elisabeth Dhanens, 98, Belgian art historian.[242]
- Berkin Elvan, 15, Turkish student, head trauma from projected tear-gas canister.[243]
- Ronald Gora, 80, American Olympic swimmer.[244]
- Nils Horner, 51, Swedish journalist (Sveriges Radio), shot.[245]
- Elroy Kahanek, 72, American songwriter.[246]
- Edmund Levy, 72, Israeli judge, member of the Supreme Court (2001–2012).[247]
- Our Conor, 4, Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, fall.[248]
- G. S. Paramashivaiah, 95, Indian irrigation engineer.[249]
- John PiRoman, 62, American screenwriter and playwright.[250]
- Ken Russell, 78, American football player (Detroit Lions).[251]
- Eric Sainsbury, 88, British social scientist.[252]
- Hermann Schleinhege, 98, German Luftwaffe ace during World War II and Iron Cross recipient.[253]
- Mehmooda Ali Shah, 94, Indian educationalist.[254]
- Marga Spiegel, 101, German writer.[255]
- Bobby Thompson, 74, American football player (Detroit Lions, Montreal Alouettes).[256]
- Doru Tureanu, 60, Romanian Olympic ice hockey player (1976, 1980).[257]
- David Yeagley, 62, American Comanche political writer.[258]
12
- Cecil Abbott, 89, Australian police chief, Commissioner of New South Wales Police (1981–1984).[259]
- Bahram Askerov, 80, Azerbaijani physicist.[260]
- Věra Chytilová, 85, Czech film director, recipient of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Medal of Merit and the Czech Lion award.[261]
- Phil Conley, 79, American Olympic athlete.[262]
- Myles Conte, 66, South African cricketer.[263]
- Richard Coogan, 99, American actor (Captain Video and His Video Rangers, The Californians).[264]
- Paul C. Donnelly, 90, American aerospace pioneer.[265]
- Med Flory, 87, American saxophonist (Supersax) and actor (Daniel Boone, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Lassie).[266]
- Jackie Gaughan, 93, American hotelier and casino owner (El Cortez, Las Vegas Club, The Western, Gold Spike).[267]
- Wil Jones, 75, American basketball player and coach, pancreatic cancer.[268]
- Art Kenney, 97, American baseball player (Boston Bees).[269]
- Bill Knott, 73, American poet.[270]
- René Llense, 100, French footballer.[271]
- Fortunatus M. Lukanima, 73, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Arusha (1989–1998).[272]
- Celmira Luzardo, 61, Colombian television actress.[273]
- Ola L. Mize, 82, American army officer, Korean War recipient of the Medal of Honor.[274]
- John Cullen Nugent, 93, Canadian artist, sculptor and photographer.[275]
- Kjell Nupen, 58, Norwegian artist, cancer.[276]
- Kyojin Onishi, 97, Japanese novelist, pneumonia.[277]
- Calvin Palmer, 73, English footballer, cancer.[278]
- José Policarpo, 78, Portuguese Roman Catholic cardinal, Patriarch of Lisbon (1998–2013), aortic aneurysm.[279]
- Jenny Romatowski, 86, American AAGPBL baseball player.[280]
- Zoja Rudnova, 67, Russian table tennis player.[281]
- David Sive, 91, American environmental lawyer.[282]
- Ray Still, 94, American classical oboist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra).[283]
- Jean Vallée, 72, Belgian songwriter and performer.[284]
13
- Reubin Askew, 85, American politician, Governor of Florida (1971–1979), member of the Florida House of Representatives (1958–1962) and Senate (1962–1971).[285]
- Bill Ballard, 67, Canadian concert promoter and sport franchise owner (Toronto Maple Leafs), cancer.[286]
- Chérifa, 88, Algerian singer-songwriter.[287]
- Angelo Martino Colombo, 78, Italian footballer.[288]
- Jan Erik Düring, 87, Norwegian director.[289]
- Benjamin Enríquez, 83, Filipino boxer.[290]
- Raymond Flood, 78, English cricketer (Hampshire).[291]
- Joseph Bacon Fraser Jr., 88, American real estate developer.[292]
- Paulo Goulart, 81, Brazilian actor, cancer.[293]
- Al Harewood, 90, American jazz drummer.[294]
- Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, 70, Northern Irish politician, member of the House of Lords, founder of the Norbrook Group, helicopter crash.[295]
- Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, 82, Sierra Leonean politician, President (1996–1997, 1998–2007).[296]
- S. Mallikarjunaiah, 82, Indian politician, MP for Tumkur (1991–2009), Karnataka MLA for Tumkur (1971–1991), heart attack.[297]
- Vince McGlone, 97, New Zealand seaman and television personality.[298]
- Icchokas Meras, 79, Lithuanian-born Israeli writer, recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize (2010).[299]
- Petar Miloševski, 40, Macedonian footballer (Enosis Neon Paralimni), traffic collision.[300]·
- Serge Perrault, 93, French ballet dancer and teacher.[301]
- Pierre Prat, 84, French Olympic athlete.[302]
- Abby Singer, 96, American production manager (Major Dad, Remington Steele, St. Elsewhere), cancer.[303]
- Len Velander, 93, American football coach.[304]
- Wang King-ho, 97, Taiwanese physician.[305]
- Henk Weerink, 77, Dutch football referee.[306]
- Janusz Zabłocki, 88, Polish politician and Catholic activist, MP (1965–1985).[307]
14
- John Agoglia, 76, American television executive (NBC), instrumental in decision to replace Johnny Carson with Jay Leno, cancer.[308]
- Tony Benn, 88, British politician, Minister of Technology (1966–1970), Secretary of State (1974–1979), MP for Bristol South East (1950–1960, 1963–1983) and Chesterfield (1984–2001).[309]
- Otakar Brousek Sr., 89, Czech actor.[310]
- Gary Burger, 72, American singer (The Monks), pancreatic cancer.[311]
- John Burgess, 82, British record producer and production company executive.[312]
- Cao Shunli, 52, Chinese human rights activist, complications from pneumonia.[313]
- Rodney M. Coe, 80, American medical sociologist.[314]
- Ted Cohen, 74, American philosopher.[315]
- Jiří Dadák, 88, Czech Olympic hammer thrower.[316]
- John de Salis, 9th Count de Salis-Soglio, 66, British major.[317]
- Yves Delacour, 83, French Olympic rower (1956).[318]
- Richard Dermer, 74, American restaurateur, founder of Hideaway Pizza.[319]
- Jon Ewing, 77, Australian actor and director.[320]
- Hans Fogh, 76, Danish-born Canadian Olympic sailor.[321]
- Alec Gaskell, 81, English footballer.[322]
- Meir Har-Zion, 80, Israeli commando.[323]
- Vello Helk, 90, Estonian-born Danish historian.[324]
- Bill Icke, 93, Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne, Geelong).[325]
- Gašo Knežević, 60, Serbian academic and politician, Minister of Education (2001–2004).[326]
- Sam Lacey, 66, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).[327]
- Roger Leir, 80, American podiatric surgeon and ufologist.[328]
- Ioan Lewis, 84, Scottish anthropologist.[329]
- Hugh Lunghi, 93, British military interpreter (Winston Churchill), one of the last living Big Three participants, first British soldier to enter Hitler's bunker.[330]
- Warwick Parer, 77, Australian politician, Senator for Queensland (1984–2000), Minister for Resources and Energy (1996–1998).[331]
- Sam Peffer, 92, British commercial artist.[332]
- Werner Rackwitz, 84, German opera director and politician.[333]
- Bob Thomas, 92, American journalist (Associated Press) and biographer.[334]
- Manuel Torres Pastor, 83, Spanish footballer (Real Zaragoza, Real Madrid).[335]
- Ken Utsui, 82, Japanese actor (Super Giant).[336]
- Wesley Warren Jr., 50, American scrotal elephantiasis victim, heart attack.[337]
15
- Reşat Amet, 39, Crimean Tatar activist, murdered.[338]
- Maria Anzai, 60, Japanese singer.[339]
- Scott Asheton, 64, American drummer (The Stooges), heart attack.[340]
- David Brenner, 78, American comedian, cancer.[341]
- Charlotte Brooks, 95, American photographer (Look).[342]
- Andrew Kenneth Burroughs, 60, British consultant physician.[343]
- Bo Callaway, 86, American politician, Secretary of the Army, member of the US House of Representatives for Georgia, complications from a brain hemorrhage.[344]
- Mars Cramer, 85, Dutch economist.[345]
- Paddy Cronin, 88, Irish fiddler.[346]
- Huseyn Derya, 38, Azerbaijani rapper, traffic collision.[347]
- Clarissa Dickson Wright, 66, English celebrity chef and television personality (Two Fat Ladies).[348]
- H. Hugh Fudenberg, 85, American immunologist.[349]
- Everett L. Fullam, 82, American Episcopalian priest.[350]
- Robert C. Horton, 87, American mining engineer.[351]
- Miervaldis Jurševskis, 92, Latvian-Canadian chess player.[352]
- Jürgen Kurbjuhn, 73, German footballer (Hamburger SV).[353]
- Jesper Langballe, 74, Danish politician, MP for Viborg (2001–2011).[354]
- Ed Meyer, 77, American football player (Buffalo Bills).[355]
- Jim Mikol, 75, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).[356]
- Luca Moro, 41, Italian race car driver, brain tumor.[357]
- Marie Nightingale, 85, Canadian cookbook author, cancer.[358]
- Lorenzo Parente, 78, Italian-born American professional wrestler.[359]
- Cees Veerman, 70, Dutch singer and musician (The Cats).[360]
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- George E. Barker, 83–84, British philatelist.[361]
- Gary Bettenhausen, 72, American race car driver.[362]
- Marc Blondel, 75, French trade union leader.[363]
- Markus Brüderlin, 55, Swiss art historian and curator.[364]
- Carlos Camus, 87, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Copiapó (1968–1976) and Linares (1976–2003).[365]
- Donald Crothers, 77, American chemist.[366]
- Lapiro de Mbanga, 56, Cameroonian musician, political and social activist, cancer.[367]
- DJ Edwin, 46, Australian DJ, remixer, songwriter and producer, heart attack.[368]
- Joseph Fan Zhongliang, 95, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate and confined dissident, Bishop of Shanghai (since 2000).[369]
- Sanjeeva Kaviratne, 44, Sri Lankan politician, member of the Central Provincial Council, MP for Matale District.[370]
- Dzintars Krišjānis, 55, Latvian Olympic rower.[371]
- Mitch Leigh, 86, American Tony Award-winning composer (Man of La Mancha), pneumonia as a complication of a stroke.[372]
- Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy, 77, Sierra Leonean poet, playwright, novelist and political prisoner.[373]
- Steve Moore, 64, British cartoonist and writer.[374]
- Frank Oliver, 65, New Zealand rugby player and coach.[375]
- Alexander Pochinok, 56, Russian economist, Minister of Taxes and Levies (1999–2000), Minister of Labor and Social Development (2000–2004), cardiac arrest.[376]
- Renzo Ranuzzi, 89, Italian Olympic basketball player.[377]
- Chuck Scherza, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, New York Rangers).[378]
- Cesare Segre, 85, Italian philologist, semiotician and literary critic.[379]
- Nicholas Spaeth, 64, American lawyer, North Dakota Attorney General (1985–1992).[380]
- Kenneth Wade, 81, British chemist.[381]
- Denké Kossi Wazo, 55, Togolese footballer.[382]
17
- Robert L. Belknap, 83, American scholar.[383]
- Mareike Carrière, 59, German actress, bladder cancer.[384]
- Jim Compton, 72, American journalist (NBC News), heart attack.[385]
- José Delicado Baeza, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Valladolid (1975–2002).[386]
- Mercy Edirisinghe, 68, Sri Lankan actress and singer.[387]
- Charley Feeney, 89, American sportswriter.[388]
- Gene Feist, 91, American playwright and theatre director, co-founder of the Roundabout Theater Company.[389]
- Marek Galiński, 39, Polish Olympic cyclist (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), traffic collision.[390]
- Joseph Kerman, 89, American musicologist.[391]
- Donald Michael Kraig, 62, American occultist author and practitioner, pancreatic cancer.[392]
- Paddy McGuigan, 74, Irish songwriter ("The Men Behind the Wire", "The Boys of the Old Brigade") and musician (The Barleycorn).[393]
- Rachel Lambert Mellon, 103, American horticulturalist and arts patron.[394]
- Oswald Morris, 98, British cinematographer (Fiddler on the Roof, The Guns of Navarone, Oliver!), Oscar winner (1972).[395]
- Al Oeming, 88, Canadian professional wrestler and wildlife conservationist, co-founder of Stampede Wrestling, complications following heart surgery.[396]
- Rohan O'Grady, 91, Canadian author.[397]
- Antoni Opolski, 100, Polish physicist.[398]
- Mohamed Salah Jedidi, 76, Tunisian footballer (Club Africain).[399]
- L'Wren Scott, 49, American fashion designer and model, suicide by hanging.[400]
- Egon Sendler, 90, German-born French Jesuit priest and art historian.[401]
- James E. Stowers, 90, American investment management executive and philanthropist, founder of American Century Investments.[402]
- Roy Trantham, 73, American stock car racing driver, leukemia.[403]
- Quinto Vadi, 92, Italian Olympic gymnast (1948, 1952).[404]
18
- Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, 62, Nigerian academic and feminist scholar, kidney failure.[405]
- Jeffrey Anderson, 85, Canadian broadcaster, journalist and producer, CBC London bureau chief.[406]
- Jorge Arvizu, 81, Mexican voice actor, heart failure.[407]
- Karl Baumgartner, 65, Italian-born German film producer (Le Havre, Underground).[408]
- Albert Dormer, 88, British bridge player.[409]
- Vernita Gray, 65, American activist, cancer.[410]
- Kaiser Kalambo, 60, Zambian football player and coach, prostate cancer.[411]
- Derek Knee, 91, British military interpreter (Field Marshal Montgomery).[412]
- Serhiy Kokurin, 36, Ukrainian soldier, shot.[413]
- Sydney Kustu, 71, American microbiologist, suicide by sodium azide poisoning.[414]
- Joe Lala, 66, American musician and actor (Monsters, Inc., On Deadly Ground), complications from lung cancer.[415]
- Tivadar Monostori, 77, Hungarian footballer (Dorogi FC).[416]
- Ahmad Naruyi, 51, Iranian Sunni theologian, human rights activist and journalist.[417]
- Lucius Shepard, 70, American science fiction author.[418]
- Ara Shiraz, 72, Armenian architect and sculptor, complications from stroke.[419]
- Ben Staartjes, 85, Dutch Olympic sailor.[420]
- Raili Tuominen-Hämäläinen, 81, Finnish Olympic gymnast.[421]
19
- Robert Butler, 70, American artist, member of The Highwaymen, complications from diabetes.[422]
- Ken Forsse, 77, American inventor and television producer, creator of the Teddy Ruxpin, heart failure.[423]
- Rodney E. Gutzler, 67, American politician.[424]
- Patrick Joseph McGovern, 76, American technology executive, founder and chairman of IDG.[425]
- Ernest Mühlen, 87, Luxembourgish politician, MEP (1984–1989), MP (1989–1991).[426]
- Fred Phelps, 84, American pastor and anti-gay activist, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church.[427]
- Enric Ribelles, 80, Spanish footballer.[428]
- Heather Robertson, 72, Canadian journalist (Winnipeg Free Press) and author, cancer.[429]
- Philip Saliba, 82, Lebanese-born American Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of the AOCANA (since 1966).[430]
- Robert S. Strauss, 95, American politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Russia (1991–1992).[431]
- László Szőke, 83, Hungarian footballer.[432]
- Hank Utley, 89, American author and historian, executive director of Boys Club.[433]
- Idly Walpoth, 93, Swiss Olympian
- Lawrence Walsh, 102, American lawyer and judge, Independent Counsel for the Iran–Contra affair, member of the US District Court for Southern New York (1954–1957).[434]
- Joseph F. Weis Jr., 91, American judge, U.S. Court of Appeals – Third Circuit (1973–1988), U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania (1970–1973), kidney failure.[435]
20
- Ragesh Asthana, 51, Ugandan-born Indian actor, heart attack.[436]
- Hennie Aucamp, 80, South African poet, short story writer, cabaretist and academic.[437]
- Iñaki Azkuna, 71, Spanish Basque politician, Mayor of Bilbao (since 1999) and World Mayor (2012), prostate cancer.[438]
- Hilderaldo Bellini, 83, Brazilian footballer, two-time World Cup winner (1958, 1962), complications from a heart attack.[439]
- Andrzej Grzegorczyk, 91, Polish mathematician.[440]
- Judy Harrow, 69, American author and Wiccan priestess.[441]
- Dick Heller, 76, American sportswriter (The Washington Times).[442]
- Dennis Jackson, 82, English footballer (Aston Villa).[443]
- Thomas Jolley, 70, American anti–war protester.[444]
- Joseph Kenton, 92, American politician.[445]
- Mohamed Mjid, 97, Moroccan politician.[446]
- Kristian Mosegaard, 83, Danish footballer.[447]
- Tonie Nathan, 91, American politician, first woman to receive an electoral vote in a presidential election, Alzheimer's disease.[448]
- Tommy O'Connell, 83, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills).[449]
- Ahmad Sardar, 40, Afghan journalist (Agence France-Presse), shot.[450]
- Khushwant Singh, 99, Indian journalist and author (Train to Pakistan).[451]
- Roland Svensson, 68, Swedish Olympic wrestler.[452]
- William Toomath, 88, New Zealand architect.[453]
- Marc-Adélard Tremblay, 91, Canadian anthropologist.[454]
- Murray Weidenbaum, 87, American economist, Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers (1981–1982).[455]
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- Deborah Backer, 54, Guyanese politician, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.[456]
- Qoriniasi Bale, 85, Fijian lawyer and politician, Attorney-General (1984–1987, 2001–2006).[457]
- David Beaglehole, 76, New Zealand physicist.[458]
- Bill Boedeker, 90, American football player (Cleveland Browns).[459]
- Jim Brasco, 83, American basketball player.[460]
- Jack Fleck, 92, American professional golfer, winner of the U.S. Open (1955).[461]
- Linda Gerard, 75, American cabaret artist, cancer.[462]
- Michael Henley, 76, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (1995–2004).[463]
- Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, 80, Iraqi religious leader, Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church (since 1980).[464]
- Terry David Jones, 75, Canadian politician.[465]
- Vincent Lamberti, 86, American medical researcher, developed the original Dove Soap bar, complications from heart failure.[466]
- André Lavagne, 100, French composer.[467]
- Edward E. Masters, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador to Bangladesh (1976–1977) and Indonesia (1977–1981).[468]
- Julian Moynahan, 89, American academic.[469]
- Simeon Oduoye, 68, Nigerian politician, Senator for Osun (2003–2007).[470]
- Kiril Pandov, 85, Bulgarian footballer (PFC Spartak Varna).[471]
- Kostis Papagiorgis, 66, Greek writer and translator.[472]
- Nenad Petrović, 88, Serbian writer.[473]
- Jorge Pontual, 89, Brazilian Olympic sailor.[474]
- James Rebhorn, 65, American actor (Scent of a Woman, Independence Day, Homeland), melanoma.[475]
- Oddvar Rønnestad, 78, Norwegian Olympic alpine skier.[476]
- Adrian Taylor, 60, American television news producer (60 Minutes, The Early Show), winner of the Peabody Award (2013), pancreatic cancer.[477]
- Sir Colin Turner, 92, British politician, MP for Woolwich West (1959–1964).[478]
- William Vahey, 64, American schoolteacher and child molester, suicide by stabbing.[479]
22
- Hermann Buhl, 78, German Olympic runner.[480]
- Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, 85, Indian Sahitya Akademi Award-winning author (The Boy who Talked to Trees).[481]
- Mickey Duff, 84, Polish-born British boxing manager and promoter, International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee (1999).[482]
- Kurt Rudolf Fischer, 92, Austrian philosopher.[483]
- Riina Gerretz, 74, Estonian pianist.[484]
- Hamza Abu al-Haija, 22, Palestinian militant (Hamas), shot.[485]
- Yngve A. A. Larsson, 97, Swedish pediatrician, professor of medicine and diabetologist.[486]
- Thor Listau, 75, Norwegian politician, Minister of Fisheries (1981–1985), MP for Finnmark (1973–1985).[487]
- Lavinia Loughridge, 83, Northern Irish physician.[488]
- Charles Magel, 93, American philosopher and animal rights activist.[489]
- Robert Meyers, 89, Canadian Olympic champion ice hockey player (1952).[490]
- Tasos Mitsopoulos, 48, Cypriot politician, Defence Minister (2014), MP (2006–2013), complications from a brain haemorrhage.[491]
- Ken Plant, 88, English footballer (Nuneaton Borough, Colchester United).[492]
- Antoine Porcel, 76, French Olympic boxer.[493]
- Lou Rell, 73, American Naval and commercial aviator, First Gentleman of Connecticut (2004–2011), cancer.[494]
- Siddakatte Chennappa Shetty, 62, Indian Yakshagana orator.[495]
- Patrice Wymore, 87, American actress (Ocean's 11, Tea for Two, The Big Trees) and philanthropist.[496]
23
- Valentina Ballod, 76, Uzbekistani Olympic high jumper (1956, 1960).[497]
- Ashley Booth, 76, Scottish footballer (St Johnstone, East Fife).[498]
- Carmelo Bossi, 74, Italian Olympic silver-medalist boxer (1960) and world junior middleweight champion (1970–1971).[499]
- Dave Brockie, 50, Canadian-born American heavy metal singer (Gwar), heroin overdose.[500]
- Jack Clancy, 79, Australian football player.[501]
- Bobby Croft, 68, Canadian basketball player (Kentucky Colonels, Texas Chaparrals), first Canadian to get a full scholarship to NCAA school for basketball.[502]
- Miller M. Duris, 86, American politician, Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (1973–1977).[503]
- Walter Ewbank, 96, British Anglican prelate, Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness (1971–1977), Archdeacon of Carlisle (1978–1984).[504]
- John M. Goshko, 80, American journalist (The Washington Post), kidney failure.[505]
- Abdul Hakim, Bangladeshi politician.[506]
- David Henshaw, 74, New Zealand cartoonist.[507]
- Roy Peter Martin, 83, British author.[508]
- Jürg Neuenschwander, 67, Swiss organist and composer, cerebral hemorrhage.[509]
- Peter Oakley, 86, British Internet vlogger, cancer.[510]
- B. Palaniappan, 83, Indian gynaecologist.[511]
- William Peters, 90, British diplomat and activist (Jubilee 2000).[512]
- Parviz C. Radji, 77, Iranian diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1976–1979).[513]
- Jaroslav Šerých, 86, Czech painter, printmaker and illustrator.[514]
- Miroslav Štěpán, 68, Czech politician, member of the Central Committee for the Communist Party (1988–1989), complications from cancer.[515]
- Adolfo Suárez, 81, Spanish politician and lawyer, Prime Minister (1976–1981) and leader of Spanish transition to democracy, Duke of Suárez (since 1981), respiratory infection.[516]
24
- Giuseppe Agostino, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina (1973–1998) and Cosenza-Bisignano (1998–2004).[517]
- Geoff Bradford, 80, English guitarist.[518]
- Victor Hugo Caula, 86, Argentinian cameraman and director of photography.[519]
- Robert F. Coleman, 59, American mathematician.[520]
- Margaret di Menna, 90, New Zealand microbiologist.[521]
- Rusi Dinshaw, 86, Pakistani cricketer.[522]
- Gerald Lamb, 89, American politician.[523]
- Arne Løvlie, 83, Norwegian zoologist.[524]
- Jean-François Mattéi, 73, French philosopher.[525]
- Tom Mikula, 87, American football player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[526]
- Oleksandr Muzychko, 51, Ukrainian political activist, shot.[527]
- Bryan Orritt, 77, Welsh footballer (Birmingham City, Middlesbrough), stroke.[528]
- Kuldeep Pawar, 65, Indian actor, kidney failure.[529]
- Paulo Schroeber, 40, Brazilian guitarist (Almah), heart failure.[530]
- William R. Stoeger, 71, American astronomer and theologian.[531]
- John Rowe Townsend, 91, British children's author (The Intruder).[532]
- David A. Trampier, 59, American fantasy gaming artist (Dungeons & Dragons).[533]
- David Walker, 81, British Olympic rower.[534]
- Rodney Wilkes, 89, Trinidadian Olympic silver- and bronze-medalist weightlifter (1948, 1952).[535]
25
- Lorna Arnold, 98, British nuclear historian and author, stroke.[536]
- Harm de Blij, 78, Dutch-born American geographer.[537]
- Meredith Bordeaux, 101, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (1979–1982).[538]
- Dil Bahadur Lama, 84, Nepali politician and police official, cardiac arrest.[539]
- Jeffery Dench, 85, British actor (First Knight).[540]
- Harley Dow, 88, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[541]
- Hank Lauricella, 83, American Hall of Fame football player (Tennessee Volunteers) and politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1966–1972) and Senate (1972–1996).[542]
- Eddie Lawrence, 95, American actor, comedian and singer.[543]
- Mon Levinson, 88, American sculptor.[544]
- Jon Lord, 57, Canadian politician, Alberta MLA for Calgary-Currie (2001–2004), heart attack.[545]
- Nicky McFadden, 51, Irish politician, TD for Longford–Westmeath (since 2011), complications from motor neurone disease.[546]
- Ángel César Mendoza Arámburo, 79, Mexican politician, Governor of Baja California Sur (1975–1981).[547]
- Nanda, 75, Indian actress (Teen Devian, Gumnaam, Chhoti Bahen), heart attack.[548]
- Frank O'Keeffe, 91, Irish Gaelic football player (Kerry).[549]
- Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi, 89, Iranian historian and author.[550]
- Reinhold Pommer, 79, German Olympic cyclist (1956).[551]
- Joseph Purtill, 86, American politician and judge, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1959–1961).[552]
- Jerry Roberts, 93, British wartime codebreaker, member of the Testery unit.[553]
- Sonny Ruberto, 68, American baseball player (San Diego Padres), cancer.[554]
- Jonathan Schell, 70, American author, journalist and anti-war activist, cancer.[555]
- Thi. Ka. Sivasankaran, 88, Indian Sahitya Akademi Award-winning author and literary critic.[556]
- Robert Slater, 70, American author and journalist, complications from influenza.[557]
- Ralph Wilson, 95, American Hall of Fame football team owner (Buffalo Bills) and racehorse breeder (Arazi), co-founder of the AFL.[558]
- Lode Wouters, 84, Belgian Olympic gold- and bronze-medalist cyclist (1948).[559]
26
- Roger Birkman, 95, American organizational psychologist.[560]
- George Bookasta, 96, American child actor, pneumonia.[561]
- Gangaram Choudhary, 92, Indian politician.[562]
- Chu Teh-Chun, 93, Chinese-born French painter.[563]
- Shun Lien Chuang, 59, American engineer.[564]
- John Garry Clifford, 72, American historian.[565]
- John Disney, 94, Australian ornithologist.[566]
- Warren Forma, 90, American documentary filmmaker and author.[567]
- Barbara Halloran Gibbons, 80, American cookbook author and columnist.[568]
- Dick Guidry, 84, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1950–1954, 1964–1976).[569]
- Ann Howard, 79, English mezzo-soprano, pulmonary embolism.[570]
- Tom Jones, 90, Australian politician, Member for Collie (1968–1989).[571]
- Marcus Kimball, 85, British politician, MP for Gainsborough (1956–1983).[572]
- Wolfgang Kirchgässner, 85, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Freiburg im Breisgau (1979–1998).[573]
- Thomas Landauer, 81, American experimental psychologist.[574]
- George Lerchen, 91, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Redlegs).[575]
- Noriko Matsumoto, 78, Japanese actress, interstitial pneumonia.[576]
- Mark Stock, 62, American artist, enlarged heart.[577]
27
- Francine Beers, 89, American actress (Law & Order, Three Men and a Baby, Keeping the Faith).[578]
- Bertrando, 25, American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse (Woodward Stakes, Goodwood Breeder's Cup Handicap, Pacific Classic Stakes).[579]
- Al Cihocki, 89, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).[580]
- Kent Cochrane, 62, Canadian amnesiac, had one of the most studied human brains.[581]
- Max Coll, 82, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1972–2004), stroke.[582]
- John Cornes, 66, Australian rugby player.[583]
- Jean-Claude Colliard, 68, French political scientist and politician, member of the Constitutional Council (1998–2007).[584]
- Nevio de Zordo, 71, Italian Olympic silver-medalist bobsledder (1972).[585]
- Augustin Deleanu, 69, Romanian footballer (Dinamo București).[586]
- Richard N. Frye, 94, American scholar of Armenian studies.[587]
- Hal M. Lattimore, 93, American judge, member of the Texas Court of Appeals.[588]
- Per Lillo-Stenberg, 85, Norwegian actor.[589]
- Joseph Madachy, 87, American research chemist and mathematician, editor of Journal of Recreational Mathematics.[590]
- Derek Martinus, 82, British television director (Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Z-Cars), Alzheimer's disease.[591]
- Robert Ojo, 72, Nigerian Olympic sprinter.[592]
- Gina Pellón, 87, Cuban painter.[593]
- P. Ramdas, 83, Indian film director, winner of the J. C. Daniel Award (2007).[594]
- Joseph Rigano, 80, American actor (Casino, Mickey Blue Eyes, Analyze This), throat cancer.[595]
- James R. Schlesinger, 85, American government official, Director of the CIA (1973), Secretary of Defense (1973–1975), Secretary of Energy (1977–1979), pneumonia.[596]
- Michael Schofield, 94, British sociologist and campaigner.[597]
- Arsenio Valdez, 71, Paraguayan footballer.[598]
28
- GOK Ajayi, 82, Nigerian lawyer.[599]
- Mayada Ashraf, appr. 22, Egyptian journalist, shot.[600]
- Rawle Barrow, 79, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic sailor.[601]
- Carlos Miguel Benn, 89, Argentine yacht racer.[602] (death announced on this date)
- Jeremiah Denton, 89, American politician and military officer, Senator from Alabama (1981–1987), recipient of the Navy Cross, complications from a heart ailment.[603]
- Robin Gibson, 83, Australian architect (Queensland Cultural Centre).[604] (death announced on this date)
- Barbara Gray, 87, American politician.[605]
- Edwin Kagin, 73, American lawyer, national legal director for the American Atheists, heart disease.[606]
- Michael F. Lappert, 85, British chemist.[607]
- Billy "The Texan" Longley, 88, Australian criminal.[608]
- Sam McAughtry, 93, Northern Irish writer and broadcaster.[609]
- Godfrey Mdimi Mhogolo, 62, Tanzanian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Central Tanganyika (since 1989), lung infection.[610]
- Reiko Mori, 85, Japanese novelist and playwright, pancreatic cancer.[611]
- Michael Putney, 67, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Townsville (since 2001), stomach cancer.[612]
- Lorenzo Semple Jr., 91, American screenwriter (Batman, Flash Gordon, Three Days of the Condor).[613]
- Avraham Yaski, 86, Romanian-born Israeli architect and academic, recipient of the Israel Prize (1982).[614]
29
- Hobart Alter, 80, American surfer and boat designer (Hobie cat).[615]
- Lelio Antoniotti, 86, Italian footballer.[616]
- Catherine Hayes Bailey, 92, American plant geneticist.[617]
- Roderick Bell, 66, Canadian diplomat.[618]
- Mark Chamberlain, 82, American educator, President of Rowan University (1969–1984).[619]
- James Churgin, 85, American geologist and oceanographer.[620]
- Yosef Hamadani Cohen, 98, Iranian Jewish prelate, Chief Rabbi of Iran (since 1994).[621]
- Karl Spillman Forester, 73, American senior (former chief) judge, member of the US District Court for Eastern Kentucky (since 1988).[622]
- Elbert Gill, 82, American politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1966–1986).[623]
- Butch Maples, 73, American football player (Baltimore Colts).[624]
- Billy Mundi, 71, American drummer (The Mothers of Invention, Rhinoceros), complications from diabetes.[625]
- Marc Platt, 100, American dancer and actor (Oklahoma!, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers).[626]
- Oldřich Škácha, 72, Czech photographer and dissident.[627]
- Ron Stott, 76, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1975–1977), Mayor of North Syracuse, New York (1971–1974).[628]
- Birgitta Valberg, 97, Swedish actress.[629]
- Dane Witherspoon, 56, American actor (Santa Barbara, Capitol).[630]
30
- Muhammadu Kudu Abubakar, 52, Nigerian Emir of Agaie (since 2004).[631]
- Robert Billingham, 56, American Olympic silver medal-winning sailor (1988), official and skipper, member of 1992 America's Cup winning team.[632]
- Richard Black, 92, American commercial artist and landscape painter, creator of the Mr. Clean and Smokey Bear mascots.[633]
- Thomas Ryan Byrne, 91, American historian, economist, and diplomat.[634]
- Sean Cusack, 87, Irish soccer player.[635]
- Gerardo D'Ambrosio, 83, Italian politician and magistrate.[636]
- Michael Edmonds, 87, British artist, co-founder of 56 Group Wales.[637]
- Victor Gankin, 78, Russian-American scientist.[638]
- Sir David Gibbons, 85, Bermudian politician, Premier (1977–1982).[639]
- Jan de Graaff, 70, Dutch television journalist.[640]
- Keizō Kanie, 69, Japanese actor, stomach cancer.[641]
- Lyman Kipp, 84, American sculptor and painter.[642]
- Kate O'Mara, 74, English actress (Dynasty, Doctor Who, Howards' Way), ovarian cancer.[643]
- Alice Raftary, 86, American educator of blind adults.[644]
- Phuntsok Wangyal, 92, Chinese Tibetan politician, military leader and government critic, led invasion of Tibet (1950–1951).[645]
- Fred Stansfield, 96, Welsh international footballer.[646]
- Patricia A. Weitsman, 49, American political scientist, leukemia.[647]
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- Gonzalo Anes, 82, Spanish historian, Director of Real Academia de la Historia (since 1998).[648]
- Anthony Beattie, 69, British civil servant, complications from a fall.[649]
- Stanley L. Englebardt, 88, American journalist.[650]
- Irene Fernandez, 67, Malaysian advocate for women and migrant workers, heart failure.[651]
- Władysław Filipowiak, 87, Polish archaeologist and historian.[652]
- Bryan Gahol, 36, Filipino basketball player, traffic collision.[653]
- David Hannay, 74, Australian film producer.[654]
- Edmond Harjo, 96, American Seminole Code Talker during World War II, recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal (2013), heart attack.[655]
- Ben Johnson, 74, American Makah tribal politician and fisheries expert, heart attack.[656]
- Charles Keating, 90, American banker, key figure in the savings and loan crisis.[657]
- Frankie Knuckles, 59, American disc jockey and record producer, complications from diabetes.[658]
- Bob Larbey, 79, British television writer (Please Sir!, The Good Life, As Time Goes By).[659]
- Ferdinand Masset, 93, Swiss politician.[660]
- Jimmy Newton, 35–36, American Southern Ute tribal chief, Chairman of the Reservation (since 2011).[661]
- Renée Richard, 85, French cheesemonger.[662]
- Bob Ringma, 85, Canadian politician and army officer.[663]
- Max Robinson, 81, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1976–1979).[664]
- Hermann von Siebenthal, 79, Swiss Olympic equestrian.[665]
- Enrique Plancarte Solís, 43, Mexican drug lord, shot.[666]
- Roger Somville, 90, Belgian painter.[667]
- Asep Sunandar Sunarya, 58, Indonesian wayang golek puppeteer, heart attack.[668]
- Ahmet Yorulmaz, 81–82, Turkish writer.[669]